Learning from the “Pagans”
2008 July 22
One of my goals for the summer is to read The Iliad and The Odyssey. Though I have read adaptations, condensed versions, and various selections, I have never completed the originals (English that is). I am only about half way through the Iliad, so I will do well to finish it by summer’s end.
Obviously I have no frame of reference for comparison, but the version I am reading is excellent. It is Robert Fagle’s translation, and thus far I have found it very readable and enjoyable. I hope, over the next couple of weeks to post some of the thoughts sparked by reading this classic masterpiece.
I believe you can learn something from everything, so even a “pagan” like Homer can benefit me on the wisdom journey.
I tryed to read “THE Odyssey” but couldn’t get though it!
I just got though reading “PERFECT”
And now reading “WISDOM HUNTER”
Do u ever read anything for fun?
“The Iliad” is my “fun” reading.
All my reading is fun, but I usually reserve history and fiction for my “recreational” reading.
Ditto me on this..
“I believe you can learn something from everything”
..but you need to have your eyes open
Cameron,
I believe your right too. But like KB says above “…have your eyes wide open.”
T.A.